https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308904 An injunction operates in personam, so contempt for disobedience ordinarily lies only against persons named in the decree. Non-parties may be liable only if they aid and abet a breach by an enjoined person. On the facts, the opposite parties were not defendants and were not named in the injunction, and there was no principal contemnor whose breach they could have assisted. The court therefore held that committal for contempt could not be sustained against them, while leaving any execution remedy under Order 21 Rule 82 CPC open. en-us Fri, 05 Mar 1948 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:40:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308904 An injunction operates in personam, so contempt for disobedience ordinarily lies only against persons named in the decree. Non-parties may be liable only if they aid and abet a breach by an enjoined person. On the facts, the opposite parties were not defendants and were not named in the injunction, and there was no principal contemnor whose breach they could have assisted. The court therefore held that committal for contempt could not be sustained against them, while leaving any execution remedy under Order 21 Rule 82 CPC open. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Mar 1948 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308904